American Graffiti._________________"We hate the French! We fight wars against the French! Did all those men die in vain on the fields of Agincourt? Was the man who burned Joan of Arc just wasting good matches?"

Ah, yes, Alex -- that barbershop scene in Chinatown with the fans going and the overheating car outside really contributed to that kind of atmosphere. And with In the Heat of the Night I'll throw in the also-Deep-South-set Norma Rae and Back Roads, both of which were directed by Martin Ritt._________________"Joe the Plumber -- you can quote me -- is a dumbass." -- Meghan McCain

Ah, yes, Alex -- that barbershop scene in Chinatown with the fans going and the overheating car outside really contributed to that kind of atmosphere.

Especially since the climate is related to the plot.

I wonder, though, if films that qualify for this discussion ought to be set in the United States or a temperate zone, because the title of this thread specifically refers to "summertime heat". You don't really get points for naming a film set in the equatorial jungles of Africa, or the Sahara (in which case every Foreign Legion film would qualify).

However, since you named The Wages of Fear, which is set in South America, I might as well add The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The African Queen, The Bridge on the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia. Yep, I'm cheating, and if you have a "winter cold" companion thread in the works, I think I will open with Scott of the Antarctic.

Seriously, I'm the first one to call out Do the Right Thing?_________________But I wish the public could, in the midst of its pleasures, see how blatantly it is being spoon-fed, and ask for slightly better dreams.

- Iris Barry, Let's Go to the Movies, 1926
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Shoot him again. His soul is still dancing.

And for that matter, John Sayles' LONE STAR? Don't they spend the whole movie sweating?_________________"I talked to Jeremy Piven on the phone, and he told me that he discovered that he had a very high level of mercury. So my understanding is that he is leaving showbusiness to pursue a career as a thermometer." -- David Mamet

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